| 大切 | たいせつ | important; significant; serious; crucial | n5 |
| 切る | きる | to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery); to sever (connections, ties) | n5 |
| 適切 | てきせつ | appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt | n2 |
| 一切 | いっさい | all; everything; entirety; the whole | n2 |
| 切れる | きれる | to break; to snap; to be cut; to split | n4 |
| 親切 | しんせつ | kind; gentle; considerate; generous | n4 |
| 切 | せつ | eager; earnest; ardent; kind | n2 |
| 思い切る | おもいきる | to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind | n2 |
| 切り | きり | end; finish; place to stop; bound | n1 |
| 大切に | たいせつに | carefully; with (great) care; with caution | |
| 裏切る | うらぎる | to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to go back on | n2 |
| 不適切 | ふてきせつ | unsuitable; inappropriate; improper | |
| 切ない | せつない | painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive | n1 |
| 切符 | きっぷ | ticket | n5 |
| 横切る | よこぎる | to cross (e.g. road); to traverse | |
| 痛切 | つうせつ | keen; acute; heartfelt | n1 |
| 途切れる | とぎれる | to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short | n1 |
| 売り切れ | うりきれ | sold-out | n3 |
| 切らす | きらす | to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath) | n1 |
| 切れ | きれ | piece; slice; strip; scrap | n3 |
| 切実 | せつじつ | earnest; sincere; acute; keen | n1 |
| 切り出す | きりだす | to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk | n1 |
| 仕切る | しきる | to partition; to divide; to mark off; to direct | n1 |
| 締切 | しめきり | deadline; closing; cut-off; closing (a door, window, etc.) | n3 |
| 切迫 | せっぱく | pressure; urgency; tension; imminence | |
| 切り離す | きりはなす | to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever | n1 |
| 切断 | せつだん | cutting; severance; section; amputation | |
| 切に | せつに | eagerly; earnestly; ardently | |
| 切手 | きって | stamp (postage); merchandise certificate | n5 |
| 区切る | くぎる | to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate | n2 |
| 切腹 | せっぷく | seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period) | |
| 切り取る | きりとる | to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out | n2 |
| 切り替える | きりかえる | to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew | n3 |
| 言い切る | いいきる | to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying | n2 |
| 思い切り | おもいきり | to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; with all one's strength | n2 |
| 仕切り | しきり | partition; division; boundary; compartment | n1 |
| 澄み切る | すみきる | to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up | |
| 切片 | せっぺん | segment; slice; section; fragment | |
| 貸切 | かしきり | reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation | |
| 切り上げる | きりあげる | to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot) | |
| 使い切る | つかいきる | to use up; to exhaust; to wear out | |
| 切り開く | きりひらく | to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open | n1 |
| 断ち切る | たちきる | to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations) | n1 |
| 打ち切る | うちきる | to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close | n1 |
| 区切り | くぎり | pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end | n2 |
| 切れ目 | きれめ | gap; break; rift; pause | n1 |
| 裏切り | うらぎり | treachery; betrayal; perfidy | |
| 張り切る | はりきる | to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager | n2 |
| 振り切る | ふりきる | to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing | |
| 乗り切る | のりきる | to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across; to get through (adversity) | n1 |
| 深切 | しんせつ | kind; gentle; considerate; generous | n4 |
| 切り込む | きりこむ | to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to raid | |
| 品切れ | しなぎれ | out of stock; sold out | |
| 踏切 | ふみきり | railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing | n2 |
| 切り口 | きりくち | cut end; section; opening; slit | n1 |
| 切り抜ける | きりぬける | to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through | n1 |
| 切り替え | きりかえ | exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to) | n1 |
| 閉め切る | しめきる | to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) | n2 |
| 息切れ | いきぎれ | shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.) | |
| 切れ味 | きれあじ | sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness | |
| 切支丹 | キリシタン | Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian | |
| 不親切 | ふしんせつ | unkindness; unfriendliness | |
| リンク切れ | リンクぎれ | dead link; linkrot | |
| 切れ切れ | きれぎれ | pieces; scraps; disconnected | |
| 金切声 | かなきりごえ | shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream | |
| 金切り声 | かなきりごえ | shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream | |
| 切子 | きりこ | facet; facetted object | |
| やり切れない | やりきれない | unable to finish (on time, etc.); unbearable; intolerable; beyond endurance | n1 |
| 小切手 | こぎって | cheque; check | |
| 見切り | みきり | abandonment; giving up; forsaking; bargain sale | |
| 切望 | せつぼう | earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning | n1 |
| 切り返し | きりかえし | counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip | |
| 切開 | せっかい | incision; operation; section | |
| 切口 | きりくち | cut end; section; opening; slit | n1 |
| 切先 | きっさき | point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack | |
| 押し切る | おしきる | to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut | n1 |
| 懇切 | こんせつ | kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.); considerate; helpful; thoughtful | |
| 苦り切る | にがりきる | to look sour; to look disgusted; to scowl; to frown | |
| 切り抜く | きりぬく | to cut out; to clip from; to extract | |
| 仕切 | しきり | partition; division; boundary; compartment | n1 |
| 振切る | ふりきる | to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing | |
| 締め切る | しめきる | to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) | n2 |
| 割り切れる | わりきれる | to be divisible (by); to be divided without residue (remainder); to be satisfied; to be convinced | |
| 皮切り | かわきり | beginning; start; first moxa treatment | n1 |
| 切株 | きりかぶ | tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.) | |
| 息せき切る | いきせききる | to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow | |
| 歯切れ | はぎれ | feel when biting; manner of enunciation | |
| 踏み切る | ふみきる | to take off; to jump; to leap; to take the plunge | n1 |
| 棒切れ | ぼうきれ | stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole | |
| 切々 | せつせつ | passionate; fervent; affecting; moving | |
| 値切る | ねぎる | to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle | |
| 打切る | うちきる | to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close | n1 |
| 売り切れる | うりきれる | to be sold out | n3 |
| 切り落す | きりおとす | to cut off; to lop off; to prune | n1 |
| 切上げる | きりあげる | to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot) | |
| はち切れる | はちきれる | to be filled to bursting; to burst | |
| 切り落とす | きりおとす | to cut off; to lop off; to prune | n1 |
| 売切れる | うりきれる | to be sold out | n3 |
| 句切る | くぎる | to divide; to separate; to partition; to demarcate | n2 |
| 突っ切る | つっきる | to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across | |
| 切通し | きりどおし | road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting | |
| 切りとる | きりとる | to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out | n2 |
| 輪切り | わぎり | cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability) | |
| 打ち切り | うちきり | end; close; finish; truncation | |
| 割り切る | わりきる | to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to reason out | n1 |
| 切り捨てる | きりすてる | to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard | n2 |
| 切り放す | きりはなす | to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever | n1 |
| 哀切 | あいせつ | pathetic; plaintive | |
| 切りあげる | きりあげる | to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to stop early; to finish (at a convenient spot) | |
| 紙切れ | かみきれ | piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper | |
| 切り裂く | きりさく | to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces | |
| 切身 | きりみ | cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet | |
| 切りぬく | きりぬく | to cut out; to clip from; to extract | |
| 寄り切る | よりきる | to force someone out of the ring | |
| 切れ端 | きれはし | fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece | |
| 切除 | せつじょ | cut off; cut out; ablation; resection | |
| 切り分ける | きりわける | to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to carve (up) | |
| 切り身 | きりみ | cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet | |
| 親切気 | しんせつぎ | kindheartedness | |
| 切り替わる | きりかわる | to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by) | |
| 切替 | きりかえ | exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to) | n1 |
| 幕切れ | まくぎれ | fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending | |
| こと切れる | こときれる | to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire | |
| 切出す | きりだす | to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk | n1 |
| 切抜 | きりぬき | clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.) | |
| 切り倒す | きりたおす | to cut down; to chop down; to fell | |
| 水切り | みずきり | straining; draining; drainer; strainer | |
| 裏切り者 | うらぎりもの | betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer | |
| 半切 | はんせつ | cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper | |
| 切りつける | きりつける | to cut at; to slash at | |
| 切り盛り | きりもり | management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; running; cutting up and serving food | |
| 在庫切れ | ざいこぎれ | (being) out of stock | |
| 切札 | きりふだ | trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon | |
| 切取る | きりとる | to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out | n2 |
| 切端 | きりは | face; working face | |
| 千切り | せんぎり | finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables | |
| 切磋琢磨 | せっさたくま | diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together | |
| 切りつめる | きりつめる | to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on | |
| 締め切り | しめきり | deadline; closing; cut-off; closing (a door, window, etc.) | n3 |
| 切り立つ | きりたつ | to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply | n1 |
| 切抜き | きりぬき | clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.) | |
| 一切合切 | いっさいがっさい | any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match | |
| 切り刻む | きりきざむ | to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince | |
| 飛び切り | とびきり | best; extra-fine; superfine; unequalled | |
| 飾り切り | かざりぎり | cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables) | |
| 親切心 | しんせつしん | kindness | |
| 切り上げ | きりあげ | end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation | |
| 合切袋 | がっさいぶくろ | traveling bag; travelling bag | |
| 〆切 | しめきり | deadline; closing; cut-off; closing (a door, window, etc.) | n3 |
| 切れ長 | きれなが | long slits (esp. of eyes) | |
| 出し切る | だしきる | to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best | |
| 切り抜き | きりぬき | clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.) | |
| 切り結ぶ | きりむすぶ | to cross swords (with) | |
| 切っ先 | きっさき | point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack | |
| 切り札 | きりふだ | trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon | |
| 切り合う | きりあう | to fight with swords; to cross swords | |
| 一切経 | いっさいきょう | complete Buddhist scriptures | |
| 手切れ | てぎれ | severing of connections or relations | |
| 赤切符 | あかぎっぷ | red traffic violation ticket (designating a serious violation); third-class ticket | |
| 切開く | きりひらく | to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open | n1 |
| 一区切り | ひとくぎり | break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop | |
| 切り払う | きりはらう | to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off | |
| 切り詰める | きりつめる | to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on | |
| 踏切る | ふみきる | to take off; to jump; to leap; to take the plunge | n1 |
| 種切れ | たねぎれ | run out of | |
| 薄切り | うすぎり | thin slice; slicing thin | |
| 見切る | みきる | to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly | |
| 切りかえる | きりかえる | to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew | n3 |
| 切離す | きりはなす | to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever | n1 |
| 切羽 | きりは | face; working face | |
| 縁切り | えんきり | separation; divorce; severing of connections | |
| 押切る | おしきる | to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut | n1 |
| 切り株 | きりかぶ | tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.) | |
| 持ち切る | もちきる | to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but | |
| 擦り切れる | すりきれる | to wear out | n1 |
| 堀切 | ほりきり | man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat | |
| 切り花 | きりばな | cut flowers | |
| 買切る | かいきる | to buy up; to buy everything available; to hire for exclusive use; to reserve | |
| みじん切り | みじんぎり | finely chopped (cooking) | |
| 切石 | きりいし | hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone | |
| 切り崩す | きりくずす | to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike) | |
| 切抜ける | きりぬける | to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through | n1 |
| 切戸 | きれっと | gap (in a mountain ridge) | |
| 締切る | しめきる | to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list) | n2 |
| 巾着切 | きんちゃくきり | pickpocket | |
| 帝王切開 | ていおうせっかい | Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section | |
| 切込む | きりこむ | to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to raid | |
| 切り下げる | きりさげる | to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down | |
| 切目 | きりめ | cut; notch; end; conclusion | |
| 切髪 | きりかみ | cut hair; short hairstyle worn by widows (from the early modern period to the Meiji era) | |
| 切り傷 | きりきず | cut; gash; incision | |
| 糸切歯 | いときりば | canine tooth | |
| 練り切り | ねりきり | nerikiri; confection made from white bean paste and sugar | |
| 時間切れ | じかんぎれ | being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out | |
| 取り仕切る | とりしきる | to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of | |
| 腹切 | はらきり | harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment | |
| 区切 | くぎり | pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end | n2 |
| 切れはし | きれはし | fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece | |
| 切れ込み | きれこみ | cut; notch; incision | |
| 打切り | うちきり | end; close; finish; truncation | |
| 青切符 | あおきっぷ | blue traffic violation ticket (designating a minor violation); second-class ticket | |
| 借り切る | かりきる | to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter | |
| 間仕切り | まじきり | partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall | |
| 食い切る | くいきる | to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely | |
| 締切り | しめきり | deadline; closing; cut-off; closing (a door, window, etc.) | n3 |
| 爪切り | つめきり | nail clippers | |
| 腹切り | はらきり | harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment | |
| 飛切り | とびきり | best; extra-fine; superfine; unequalled | |
| 出切る | できる | to be out of; to have no more at hand | n5 |
| 一切衆生 | いっさいしゅじょう | all living creatures | |
| 切り取り | きりとり | cutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping | |
| 江戸切子 | えどきりこ | type of faceted glass from Edo | |
| 切り付ける | きりつける | to cut at; to slash at | |
| 白切符 | しろきっぷ | first-class ticket | |
| 切り捨て | きりすて | cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder | |
| 読み切る | よみきる | to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate | |
| 切羽詰る | せっぱつまる | to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation | n1 |
| 小切れ | こぎれ | small piece (e.g. of cloth) | |
| 細切り | こまぎり | chopping finely; slicing up finely; something chopped up finely | |
| 手切れ金 | てぎれきん | consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement | |
| 買い切る | かいきる | to buy up; to buy everything available; to hire for exclusive use; to reserve | |
| 切花 | きりばな | cut flowers | |
| 封切 | ふうきり | premiere; first showing; release (film) | |
| 切妻造 | きりづまづくり | gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction | |
| 期限切れ | きげんぎれ | expiration of a term; becoming overdue | |
| 蕎麦切り | そばきり | soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles | |
| 読み切り | よみきり | finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; one-shot | |
| 切り換える | きりかえる | to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew | n3 |
| 切火 | きりび | striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck) | |
| 口切り | くちきり | start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement | |
| 首切り | くびきり | decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals | |
| 切り出し | きりだし | pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps | |
| 切餅 | きりもち | rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day) | |
| 弟切草 | おとぎりそう | Hypericum erectum (species of St. John's wort) | |
| 切れ込む | きれこむ | to cut into | |
| フリー切符 | フリーきっぷ | excursion ticket; travel pass | |
| 切妻 | きりづま | gable; gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction | |
| 取仕切る | とりしきる | to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of | |
| 切傷 | きりきず | cut; gash; incision | |
| 切願 | せつがん | entreaty; supplication | |
| 缶切り | かんきり | can opener | |
| ねじ切る | ねじきる | to twist off | |
| 切り下げ | きりさげ | devaluation (e.g. of currency); markdown; write-down; undercutting | |
| 切り通し | きりどおし | road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting | |
| 困り切る | こまりきる | to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed | |
| 踏み切り | ふみきり | railway crossing; railroad crossing; train crossing; level crossing | n2 |
| 中仕切 | なかじきり | partition; divider | |
| やり切る | やりきる | to complete decisively; to do to completion | |
| 切り返す | きりかえす | to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort | |
| 詰め切る | つめきる | to be or remain always on hand | |
| 貸切風呂 | かしきりぶろ | reservable private bath | |
| 締切日 | しめきりび | time limit; closing day; deadline | |
| 貸切り | かしきり | reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation | |
| それ切り | それきり | with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point | |
| 割切れる | わりきれる | to be divisible (by); to be divided without residue (remainder); to be satisfied; to be convinced | |
| 違反切符 | いはんきっぷ | ticket (e.g. for a traffic violation) | |
| 切立つ | きりたつ | to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply | n1 |
| 指切り | ゆびきり | pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise | |
| 間切る | まぎる | to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind) | |
| 切り売り | きりうり | selling by the piece; selling (one's knowledge, talents, etc.) bit by bit; selling a little at a time | |
| 疲れ切る | つかれきる | to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out | |
| 逃げ切る | にげきる | to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win) | |
| 切り拓く | きりひらく | to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to open | n1 |
| 切れ字 | きれじ | punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc. | |
| 切れ間 | きれま | interval; break; rift (in clouds) | |
| 切上げ | きりあげ | end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation | |
| ぶつ切り | ぶつぎり | chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks | |
| 事切れる | こときれる | to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire | |
| 持ち切り | もちきり | hot topic; talk of the town | |
| 郵便切手 | ゆうびんきって | postage stamp | |
| 切りかかる | きりかかる | to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at | |
| 句切 | くぎり | pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end | n2 |
| 切言 | せつげん | earnest persuasion; urging strongly; saying harshly; arguing fiercely | |
| 切通 | きりどおし | road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting | |
| 厚切り | あつぎり | thick slice | |
| 切妻屋根 | きりづまやね | gabled roof | |
| 切歯扼腕 | せっしやくわん | being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret) | |
| ぶった切る | ぶったぎる | to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off | |
| 切り立てる | きりたてる | to cut; to slash; to slay all | |
| 切替える | きりかえる | to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew | n3 |
| 切羽詰まる | せっぱつまる | to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation | n1 |
| 切地 | きれじ | fabric; cloth; material; traditionally patterned textiles | |
| 切要 | せつよう | essential; vital | |
| 切取り | きりとり | cutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping | |
| 封切り | ふうきり | premiere; first showing; release (film) | |
| 持切り | もちきり | hot topic; talk of the town | |
| 焼き切る | やききる | to burn off | |
| 切削 | せっさく | cutting (e.g. metal) | |
| 切窓 | きりまど | hole cut in a wall, panelling, etc. to let light in | |
| 切紙 | きりかみ | kirigami; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami); cut paper; paper cut in half | |
| 切迫感 | せっぱくかん | sense of urgency | |
| 切詰める | きりつめる | to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on | |
| 切立 | きりたて | freshly cut; freshly tailored; tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court | |
| 切払う | きりはらう | to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off | |
| 胴切り | どうぎり | horizontal cut (esp. fish, plant, etc.); horizontal cut across the torso (sword technique) | |
| 言切る | いいきる | to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying | n2 |
| 断切る | たちきる | to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations) | n1 |
| こま切れ | こまぎれ | small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.) | n1 |
| 切米 | きりまい | rice (or an equivalent sum of money) given as salary to low-ranking samurai (Edo period) | |
| 切り目 | きりめ | cut; notch; end; conclusion | |
| 切り餅 | きりもち | rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day) | |
| 入り切る | はいりきる | to fit (inside something) | |
| 切り込み | きりこみ | cut; notch; raid; attack | |
| 切換 | きりかえ | exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to) | n1 |
| 切込み | きりこみ | cut; notch; raid; attack | |
| 尻切れ | しりきれ | object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending | |
| 高野切 | こうやぎれ | fragments from the old literary work kept at Mt. Koya | |
| 切線 | せっせん | tangent line; tangential line | |
| 借切る | かりきる | to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter | |
| 切り方 | きりかた | way of cutting; how to cut or slice | |
| 小口切り | こぐちぎり | cutting into thin round slices; cutting across; slicing | |
| 切れ上がる | きれあがる | to turn upwards; to leave a clean aftertaste | |
| 尻切れとんぼ | しりきれトンボ | leaving unfinished; unfinished ending | |
| 切っ掛け | きっかけ | chance; start; opportunity; cue | n2 |
| 切干 | きりぼし | dried daikon strips | |
| 切れ者 | きれもの | sharp and able person | |
| 切結ぶ | きりむすぶ | to cross swords (with) | |
| 冷え切る | ひえきる | to become completely chilled | |
| 切付ける | きりつける | to cut at; to slash at | |
| 引き切る | ひききる | to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue | |
| 切りそろえる | きりそろえる | to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size | |
| 切放す | きりはなす | to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever | n1 |
| 切盛り | きりもり | management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; running; cutting up and serving food | |
| 成り切り | なりきり | role-play; role-playing | |
| 片道切符 | かたみちきっぷ | one-way ticket | |
| 貸し切り | かしきり | reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation | |
| 切断面 | せつだんめん | (cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); transverse section; cutting plane | |
| 切裂く | きりさく | to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces | |
| 石切場 | いしきりば | quarry; stone pit | |
| 切迫早産 | せっぱくそうざん | threatened preterm labor; TPL | |
| 噛み切る | かみきる | to bite off; to gnaw through | |
| 糸切り歯 | いときりば | canine tooth | |
| 其れっ切り | それっきり | no more than that; with that; on that note; altogether | |
| 切りがない | きりがない | endless; boundless; innumerable; endless | |
| 切捨てる | きりすてる | to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard | n2 |
| 引切りなし | ひっきりなし | continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant | n1 |
| 切磋 | せっさ | working hard; applying oneself; cultivating one's character (through hard work or study); polishing (stones) | |
| 乱切り | らんぎり | chopping (vegetables) into chunks | |
| 切り石 | きりいし | hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone | |
| 切れ口 | きれくち | cut end; section; opening; slit | |
| 封切る | ふうきる | to release (e.g. a film) | |
| 端切れ | はぎれ | scrap of cloth; odds and ends | |
| 葛切り | くずきり | kudzu starch noodles | |
| 掻っ切る | かっきる | to cut; to slit; to slash | |
| 切りがいい | きりがいい | good (place to leave off); convenient | |
| 切りたんぽ | きりたんぽ | mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups) | |
| 切り換え | きりかえ | exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to) | n1 |
| 切疵 | きりきず | cut; gash; incision | |
| 散切り | ざんぎり | cutting short | |
| 詰切る | つめきる | to be or remain always on hand | |
| 切り貼り | きりばり | patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste | |
| 切り伏せる | きりふせる | to slay; to cut down (a foe) | |
| 小間切れ | こまぎれ | small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.) | n1 |
| 切刃 | せっぱ | thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end | |
| 反切 | はんせつ | fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone | |
| 押切 | おしきり | straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting | |
| 切り子 | きりこ | facet; facetted object | |
| 切れ物 | きれもの | edged tool; cutlery; shrewd businessman | |
| 大切り | おおぎり | largely cut (e.g. of cabbage); cut into large pieces | |
| 足切り | あしきり | Japanese children's game; preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders | |
| ネタ切れ | ネタぎれ | running out of things to talk about; running out of ideas | |
| ブチ切れ | ぶちぎれ | blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out | |
| 使い切り | つかいきり | throwaway; disposable; single-use | |
| 切り回す | きりまわす | to manage; to control; to run; to handle | |
| 切り組む | きりくむ | to piece together; to mortise; to miter; to dovetail | |
| 捩じ切る | ねじきる | to twist off | |
| 記念切手 | きねんきって | special issue stamp | |
| 緊切 | きんせつ | urgent; pressing | n1 |
| 合切 | がっさい | all altogether | |
| 一切れ | ひときれ | slice; small piece | |
| 切断機 | せつだんき | cutter; cutting machine; guillotine | |
| 角切り | かくぎり | cut into cubes; diced | |
| 貸切湯 | かしきりゆ | private bath (at an onsen, etc.) | |
| 風切羽 | かざきりばね | flight feathers | |
| 食切る | くいきる | to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely | |
| 切り干し | きりぼし | dried daikon strips | |
| 千切れ雲 | ちぎれぐも | scattered clouds | |
| 売り切る | うりきる | to sell out; to sell off | |
| 擦り切る | すりきる | to cut by abrasion; to cut by rubbing; to use up (all one's money) | |
| 申込締切 | もうしこみしめきり | application deadline | |
| 登り切る | のぼりきる | to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.) | |
| 見切れる | みきれる | to accidentally be visible (in a play, TV show, etc.); to be partly cut off (in a photo, video, etc.); to be partly in the frame | |
| 試し切り | ためしぎり | trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets) | |
| 貸し切る | かしきる | to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely | |
| 振り切れる | ふりきれる | to swing past the maximum (e.g. of a needle on a dial) | |
| 細切れ | こまぎれ | small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.) | n1 |
| 截ち切る | たちきる | to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations) | n1 |
| 切畑 | きりはた | hillside farm; fallow ground | |
| 剴切 | がいせつ | appropriateness; adequacy; aptness; relevance | |
| 共切れ | ともぎれ | same cloth; spare cloth (e.g. for patching) | |
| 切り火 | きりび | striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck) | |
| 切れ地 | きれじ | fabric; cloth; material; traditionally patterned textiles | |
| 湯切り | ゆぎり | draining hot water (e.g. from noodles) | |
| そば切り | そばきり | soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles | |
| 四つ切り | よつぎり | cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm | |
| 小切り子 | こきりこ | clave-like folk instrument; two bamboo pieces beaten together | |
| 結び切り | むすびきり | type of ribbon fastening used on wedding gifts, get-well gifts, etc. | |
| 踏ん切り | ふんぎり | determination; decision | |
| 仕切り直す | しきりなおす | to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on) | |
| 打っ千切り | ぶっちぎり | (establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field) | |
| 此れっ切り | これっきり | last time (as of now); never again; only this | |
| 切換える | きりかえる | to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew | n3 |
| 切掛け | きっかけ | chance; start; opportunity; cue | n2 |
| いい切る | いいきる | to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying | n2 |
| 裁ち切る | たちきる | to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations) | n1 |
| 切金 | きりかね | metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs; cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds) | |
| 菜切 | なきり | nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables | |
| 読切 | よみきり | finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; one-shot | |
| 両切り | りょうぎり | plain cigarette | |
| 切り絵 | きりえ | cutout; cutout picture; papercut art | |
| 骨切り | ほねきり | osteotomy; finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones | |
| 髪切虫 | カミキリムシ | long-horned beetle; longicorn; beetle of the cerambycidae family | |
| 切り捲る | きりまくる | to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently | |
| 取り切る | とりきる | to take completely; to deplete; to block off; to isolate | |
| 普通切手 | ふつうきって | definitive stamp | |
| 紋切り型 | もんきりがた | formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed | |
| 電池切れ | でんちぎれ | running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; going dead | |
| 擦切れる | すりきれる | to wear out | n1 |
| 切捨て | きりすて | cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder | |
| 筒切り | つつぎり | round slices | |
| そぎ切り | そぎぎり | slicing (a vegetable, chicken breast, etc.) diagonally; cutting (diagonally) into thin slices; shaving into slivers | |
| 切り替る | きりかわる | to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by) | |
| 割り切り | わりきり | clear solution; clean decision | |
| 押し切り | おしきり | straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting | |
| 点数切符 | てんすうきっぷ | ration-point coupon; traffic violation ticket (for which penalty points are applied to one's licence) | |
| 立て切る | たてきる | to close tight | |
| 切子ガラス | きりこガラス | cut glass; faceted glass | |
| 切りっぱなし | きりっぱなし | only cut (otherwise left as-is, e.g. hair) | |
| 切角 | せっかく | with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable | n3 |
| 切切 | せつせつ | passionate; fervent; affecting; moving | |
| 切創 | きりきず | cut; gash; incision | |
| 切幕 | きりまく | entrance curtain | |
| 切炭 | きりずみ | cut-up charcoal | |
| 切返す | きりかえす | to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort | |
| 布切れ | ぬのきれ | piece of cloth | |
| 根切虫 | ねきりむし | cutworm | |
| 切迫流産 | せっぱくりゅうざん | threatened abortion; imminent abortion; threatened miscarriage; imminent miscarriage | |
| 初っ切り | しょっきり | comic sumo performance | |
| 懇切丁寧 | こんせつていねい | kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous | |
| はさみ切る | はさみきる | to snip (off); to nip off; to clip off; to trim off | |
| 吹っ切れる | ふっきれる | to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.) | |
| 尻切れ蜻蛉 | しりきれトンボ | leaving unfinished; unfinished ending | |
| 思いっ切り | おもいっきり | to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; with all one's strength | |
| 着た切り雀 | きたきりすずめ | owning nothing except the clothes on one's back | |
| エネルギー切れ | エネルギーぎれ | running out of energy; running out of strength | |
| 切りだす | きりだす | to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk | n1 |
| 切歯 | せっし | incisor (esp. in humans); grinding one's teeth; bruxism; gnashing of teeth | |
| 切物 | きれもの | edged tool; cutlery; shrewd businessman | |
| 切論 | せつろん | persistent argument | |
| 缶切 | かんきり | can opener | |
| 切り紙 | きりかみ | kirigami; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami); cut paper; paper cut in half | |
| 切合う | きりあう | to fight with swords; to cross swords | |
| 押切り | おしきり | straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting | |
| 紙切り | かみきり | papercutting (performing art); cutting paper silhouettes; paper knife | |
| 菜切り | なきり | nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables | |
| 葦切り | ヨシキリ | reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) | |
| 髪切り | かみきり | haircutting; hair cutter; prostitute cutting a customer's hair to show him her genuine feelings; long-horned beetle | |
| かき切る | かききる | to cut; to slit; to slash | |
| なで切り | なでぎり | slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep | |
| ねじ切り | ねじきり | screw cutter; thread cutting | |
| 切りくず | きりくず | scraps; chips | |
| 切り放つ | きりはなつ | to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to detach | |
| 切り苛む | きりさいなむ | to cut to pieces; to torment | |
| 売り切り | うりきり | clearance (e.g. clearance sale); selling off; selling out; sellout | |
| 寄り切り | よりきり | driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt | |
| 往復切符 | おうふくきっぷ | round-trip ticket; return ticket | |
| 根切り虫 | ねきりむし | cutworm | |
| 風切り音 | かざきりおん | wind noise | |
| わかり切る | わかりきる | to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely | |
| 付きっ切り | つきっきり | constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time | |
| 切り取り線 | きりとりせん | line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line | |
| 切り替え時 | きりかえとき | time to switch over; response time | |
| 切符売り場 | きっぷうりば | ticket window; box office; ticket | |
| 締め切り日 | しめきりび | time limit; closing day; deadline | |
| 隠し切れる | かくしきれる | to be able to conceal | |
| 切欠 | きっかけ | chance; start; opportunity; cue | n2 |
| 切点 | せってん | point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between) | n1 |
| すり切れる | すりきれる | to wear out | n1 |
| 内切 | ないせつ | inscription; being inscribed | |
| 切土 | きりど | earth cut; cutting | |
| 切店 | きりみせ | lower-class brothel (Edo period) | |
| 切諌 | せっかん | admonition; expostulation | |
| 外切 | がいせつ | circumscription; being circumscribed | |
| 風切 | かざきり | pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges | |
| 切り手 | きりて | cutter; certificate | |
| 四切り | よつぎり | cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm | |
| 擦切る | すりきる | to cut by abrasion; to cut by rubbing; to use up (all one's money) | |
| 水切棚 | みずきりだな | dish drainer; draining board | |
| 読切り | よみきり | finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; one-shot | |
| 貸切る | かしきる | to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely | |
| 逆切れ | ぎゃくぎれ | snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back | |
| 風切り | かざきり | pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges | |
| かっ切る | かっきる | to cut; to slit; to slash | |
| ふり切る | ふりきる | to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing | |
| ツモ切り | ツモぎり | discarding the just-drawn tile | |
| ワン切り | ワンぎり | one-ring hang-up call (to receive a call back, oft. for scams); missed call for exchanging phone numbers; wangiri | |
| 一切合財 | いっさいがっさい | any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match | |
| 乾き切る | かわききる | to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch | |
| 分り切る | わかりきる | to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely | |
| 切削工具 | せっさくこうぐ | cutting tool | |